"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

Tool use aids prey-fishing in a specialist predator of stingless bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online May 12, 2025. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2422597122 ...

Its calling card wasn’t its stinger, but something much stranger. It grabbed its prey with its butt flaps—capturing its booty in its booty, like a kind of toochus fly trap. Once the wasp had its prey ...